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Children’s books you’ll thank us for

Sometimes a children’s story does a much better job of impressing a point on a toddler than anything we as parents can say or do. So we hit up the inspired child development experts at Seedlings Group for a list of great children’s books to address everything from tantrums and sharing to sickness and feelings—for those days when our own parenting skills seem to be falling short.

CHORES • How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?, by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague • The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores, by Stan Berenstain

PARENTAL LOVE • You Are My I Love You, by Maryann K. Cusimano • I Love You Through And Through, by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak • Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram

SHARING/FRIENDS • The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister Herbert • How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?, by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague • A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton • The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, by Mo Williams • But Excuse Me, That is My Book, by Lauren Child • A Splendid Friend, Indeed, by Suzanne Bloom

PERSEVERENCE • The Little Engine That Could, by Loren Long

EATING • How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague • Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban • Little Pea, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

NEW SIBLING • How to Be a Baby by Me, the Big Sister, by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Sue Heap • The New Baby, by Ruth Shane • Baby Come Out!, by Fran Manushkin

POTTY • Big Girls Use the Potty!, by Andrea Pinnington • Once Upon a Potty, by Alona Frankel • Everyone Poops, by Taro Gomi • No More Diapers for Ducky, by Bernette Ford and Sam Williams • A Potty for Me!, by Karen Katz

SICKNESS • Bear Feels Sick, by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman • How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?, by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague • The Berenstain Bears Get a Checkup, by Stan Berenstain

PHYSICAL AGGRESSION • Teeth Are Not for Biting, by Elizabeth Verdick and Marieka Heinlen • Hands Are Not for Hitting, by Martine Agassi Ph.D. and Marieka Heinlen • No Biting!, by Karen Katz • No Hitting!, by Karen Katz

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